Reagan aide Lyn Notziger, March 27

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Reagan aide Lyn Notziger, March 27 Lyn Nofziger, the irascible and outspoken aide who served Ronald Reagan most prominently as communications director during his two terms as California governor, died on Monday, March 27, at his home in Falls Church, Va. He was 81. A former Washington correspondent for the Copley News Service, Nofziger joined Reagan's campaign for governor during the summer of 1965 and advised him through the rest of his political career. "He understood the press and how to weed out the important things with the press," said Stu Spencer, the campaign manager of Reagan's gubernatorial race. "He was a very important cog in the original Reagan effort."

Reagan aide Lyn Notziger, March 27 Lyn Nofziger, the irascible and outspoken aide who served Ronald Reagan most prominently as communications director during his two terms as California governor, died on Monday, March 27, at his home in Falls Church, Va. He was 81. A former Washington correspondent for the Copley News Service, Nofziger joined Reagan's campaign for governor during the summer of 1965 and advised him through the rest of his political career. "He understood the press and how to weed out the important things with the press," said Stu Spencer, the campaign manager of Reagan's gubernatorial race. "He was a very important cog in the original Reagan effort." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Reagan aide Lyn Notziger, March 27 Lyn Nofziger, the irascible and outspoken aide who served Ronald Reagan most prominently as communications director during his two terms as California governor, died on Monday, March 27, at his home in Falls Church, Va. He was 81. A former Washington correspondent for the Copley News Service, Nofziger joined Reagan's campaign for governor during the summer of 1965 and advised him through the rest of his political career. "He understood the press and how to weed out the important things with the press," said Stu Spencer, the campaign manager of Reagan's gubernatorial race. "He was a very important cog in the original Reagan effort."